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Galactus (/ ɡ ə ˈ l æ k t ə s /) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Formerly a mortal man, he is a cosmic entity who consumes planets to sustain his life force, and serves a functional role in the upkeep of the primary Marvel continuity.
The Air-Walker's ability to wield Thor's hammer Mjolnir reveals its non-human nature, and Thor destroys the android. [10] Another of Galactus' former Heralds, Firelord, learns of the battle and confronts Thor. Firelord reveals that he was once Pyreus Kril, and eventually located Galactus' vessel and confronted the entity.
The heroes are defeated or disqualified, but the Thing refuses to give up and eventually convinces the Champion to surrender. [2] The Champion later attempted to kill the Silver Surfer to prevent him from interfering with a Skrull plot to use Nova to force Galactus to destroy the Kree Empire.
The Tribunal reappears to the Galadorian spaceknight Rom; [6] appears briefly with the rest of the cosmic hierarchy when in discussion with the entity the Beyonder; [7] and reveals to the former Herald of Galactus (the Silver Surfer) that its three faces represent "Equity" (hooded face), "Vengeance" (partially shrouded face), and "Necessity ...
They were defeated by the combined forces of Galactus and a Franklin Richards from an alternate future. [ 71 ] In X-Men '92 , the race known as the M'Kraan had developed mutants who then evolved into Celestials, such as Xodus the Harvester who thought that the mutants from other worlds would replace his kind.
Galactus proceeds to unleash a massive, omnidirectional blast that later becomes known as the "Galactus event." Silver Surfer is sent ahead of the blast by Galactus to herald the imminent destruction, as the unleashed "Galactus obliteration perimeter" wipes out the majority of the Annihilation Wave, more than three star systems and even ...
"The Galactus Trilogy" is a 1966 three-issue comic book story arc that appeared in Fantastic Four #48–50. Written, co-plotted and drawn by Jack Kirby with editor Stan Lee for Marvel Comics , it introduced the characters Galactus and the Silver Surfer .
An enraged Galactus destroys more than half the Annihilation Wave, and Annihilus is defeated. [66] Later, the Surfer is joined as herald by Stardust, a former herald the Surfer had replaced. [67] [68] The Silver Surfer leads Galactus to the populated planet Orbucen, which brings him into conflict with Richard Rider. He delays the planetary ...